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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, Some men are haters of Justice, Right, and Righteousness.
What is there so good, but an evil man hateth it? and the better it is, the more he hateth it: How precious a thing is righteousness, yet 'tis hated; (Mic. 3.1, 2.) Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, &c. Is it not for you to know judgement, who hate the good and love the evil? How precious a thing is peace? and yet there are peace-haters; My soul (saith David, Psal. 120.6.) hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. How sweet a thing is light? the light of the Gospel, yet there are many light-haters, (Joh. 3.20.) He that doth evil; (loving to do it) hateth the light: How precious a thing is holiness? and yet there are holiness-haters; how precious a thing is truth? and yet there are truth-haters; how infinitely precious is God? and yet there are God-haters; (Rom. 1.30.) How lovely, how desirable is Jesus Christ, both as a Saviour and as a Sanctifier? yet even Jesus Christ (who hath loved us, and ⟨p. 611⟩washed us with his own blood) is hated: There are many Christ-haters, as himself told the Jews (John 15.24.) They have both seen and hated both me and my Father. And if there be that principle of abomination in the heart of man to hate God and Christ, what good is there that the heart of man may not set his hatred upon? Elihu supposeth that there are haters of Right and Justice, which are the most amiable things in the world, and should attract the love of all persons to them.
What is there so good, but an evil man hateth it? and the better it is, the more he hateth it: How precious a thing is righteousness, yet 'tis hated; (